Paul Lukas explains:

“Figure 7 doesn’t really form part a graphic progression, but I included it because it’s one of the very few charts I’ve seen that depicts the steer’s skeleton. And to reference the issue I raised earlier, you can see that T-Bone steaks are section 16 on the chart, which corresponds to the animal’s back, just below the ribcage. So, yes, the bone in a T-bone is a vertebrate.”

This picture belongs to Paul Lukas’ presentation about “A Brief History of Butchery Charts” (PDF) given as part of the School Of Visual Arts Design Criticism reading series on May 29, 2008 (more about SVA D-Crit: PDF). All figures referenced in this presentation can be found over at Michael Surtees photostream on Flickr.

About Paul Lukas:

“Paul Lukas is a storyteller whose work has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, Fortune, Gourmet, ESPN The Magazine, Spin, and The Financial Times, among many other publications. He currently works as a columnist for ESPN.com, where he writes “Uni Watch,” the nation’s foremost (okay, only) sports column devoted to uniform design. He also maintains a daily Uni Watch blog and performs as one half of the lecture/slideshow act the Forewords.” (read more)